/**
* \return the newStamp
*/
public Stamp returnTheNewStamp()
{
if (newStamp == null)
{
//if newStamp==null then newStampBuilder must be available. cache it's return value as newStamp
newStamp = newStampBuilder.build();
newStampBuilder = null;
}
return(newStamp);
}
/** creates a lazy/deferred StampBuilder which only constructs the stamp if getTheNewStamp() is actually invoked */
public void setTheNewStamp(Stamp first, Stamp second, long time)
{
newStamp = null;
newStampBuilder = new DefaultStampBuilder(first, second, time);
}